Ruthless world phenomenon will repeat
And yet, my libido will certainly be reborn!

No time together…

The 45 degree tilt of Shinjuku Revolution Memorial Park Street
Gets desperately rough if you go down facing backward
I pretend to be ignorant on purpose, over and over
Just because of these premonitions of antipathetic nothingness!!

Looking back, with just a glance, I had decided it was a beautiful costume
Feminine woman like her had a sharp-eyed appeal for guys like me, or something like that

I feel like something is going to happen
That gaze, those eyes
I was expecting to start forgetting these failures some years ago, leaving them behind completely
For myself

“I can’t believe in myself and also be strong” this feminine, childish, feminine woman said.
I didn’t hear it

“I’ve come to start hating the tepid beginning of spring”
she said while in the futon, the meaning only coming to her 3 hours later
I didn’t hear it

The wind blows, she’s done being conditioned to have an interesting face
She distinctly spoke with the nuances of the Western Tokyo and Cambodia dialects
I didn’t really hear it

Then, 4 and a half hours later, on the subway, right before we parted, she spoke
“We still haven’t spent enough time together”
There were no words of farewell
I didn’t hear any of it

俺の期待は何年か前の失敗を忘れかけ､むしろ忘れ去ろうとしていた
ore no kitai wa nannen ka mae no shippai wasurekake, mushiro wasuresarou to shite ita
I was expecting to start forgetting these failures some years ago, leaving them behind completely

別れの言葉はなかった
warare no kotoba wa nakatta
There were no words of farewell

ぜんぜん聞いてなかったが
zenzen kiitenakatta ga
I didn’t hear any of it

遊び足りない･･･
asobi tarinai…
No time together…

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Note: This song is particularly difficult to translate because of the nuances of the word “Asobi”. It can mean many different things. It’s mostly like the verb “to hang out” in English, or “to play” for younger kids. However, it can also mean to fool around, as in sexually, or fool around with alcohol and drugs or gambling. It can also follow the same lines as “going out” or dating someone. Mukai probably meant to blend some of these meanings in this song. So the meaning of “Asobitarinai” could be “We didn’t spend enough time together” (as in what the girl thought), “We didn’t fool around enough” (as in that’s all Mukai wants anyway), or “I’m not going to date you.” The first is most likely, so that’s what I used.